On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:15:32 +0000 "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 10:53:01PM +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' > Mierzejewski wrote: > > Dear Fedora developers, > > there have been a number of examples where an update in a stable > > branch brought in new dependencies and in significant numbers. The > > most recent case was discussed on this list even today: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/BVUZWJYW2UVO53EZ2G2ALAQPU5PLDJZR/ > > > > I opened a ticket with FESCo to clarify the Updates Policy: > > https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/1682 > > > > In particular, I propose: > > * Mandating that all dependency changes in package updates must be > > mentioned in the package's %changelog and justified. > > > > * Mandating that all dependency changes in package updates in a > > stable release MUST be mentioned in bodhi update release notes and > > justified. > > Why does the packager have to do this, when bodhi itself could read > the before/after dependencies and fill in those details? right, let the machines do the work or even ask/let the maintainer to confirm the changes as intentional before going on with the update Dan > Rich. > > > * Adding this to > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#All_other_updates > > * Avoid updates that introduce any new dependencies > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Regards, > > Dominik > > > > -- > > Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rathann > > RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org > > "Faith manages." > > -- Delenn to Lennier in Babylon 5:"Confessions and > > Lamentations" _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and > virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com libguestfs lets you > edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many > languages. http://libguestfs.org > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to > devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
